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Parque Forestal is an
urban park An urban park or metropolitan park, also known as a city park, municipal park (North America), public park, public open space, or municipal gardens (United Kingdom, UK), is a park or botanical garden in cities, densely populated suburbia and oth ...
in the city of
Santiago Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile (), is the capital and largest city of Chile and one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is located in the country's central valley and is the center of the Santiago Metropolitan Regi ...
,
Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ...
. The park was created on reclaimed land from the
Mapocho River The River Mapocho () ( Mapudungun: ''Mapu chuco'', "water that penetrates the land") is a river in Chile. It flows from its source in the Andes mountains onto the west and divides Chile's capital Santiago in two. Course The Mapocho begins at the ...
and is located in the historical downtown of Santiago, west of Plaza Baquedano and east of
Estación Mapocho Estación Mapocho is a former railway station that has been refitted as a cultural center since 1994, hosting a variety of events in Santiago, Chile. History The design and construction of the station began in 1905 at the hands of Emilio Jecqui ...
. It is bordered on the north by Santa María Avenue, on the south by Merced Street and Ismael Valdés Vergara Street. At its eastern end, the park becomes Balmaceda Park, forming an almost unbroken stretch of greenery along the Mapocho River. The park contains the Chilean National Museum of Fine Arts, which is housed in the same building as the Santiago Museum of Contemporary Art. Palacio Bruna is opposite the park on Merced Street. Distinctive features of the park are its three lines of '' platanus orientalis'' trees.


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Urban public parks Parks in Santiago, Chile {{Santiago-geo-stub